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TheGitHub Statsis an external service to display your ranking based on commits, PRs,issues etc. You just simply need the URL and change the details,include it in your GitHub profile and you're done.

If you don't have any idea how it works, it is an external web appthat uses GitHub data (through its API) to generate your rank.You don't need to install anything, you just simply get the URLof the app, change the details so that it's referring to your accountand you're done.

https://github-readme-stats.vercel.app/api?username=[yourusername]

make sure you include your private repos,&count_private=true.

Now, in order for you to display this in your profile,if ever you don't have one, make sure you create one.Create a repository with the same name as your username.It is a special repository that will appear in your profile.

so mine is:xdvrx1/xdvrx1

Make sure that you initialize it with theREADME.md, if not,you should create one also.

Add description about you and this, of course, you must changethe details:

<p align="left"> <img src="https://github-readme-stats.vercel.app/api?username=[yourusername]&theme=tokyonight&show_icons=true&hide_border=true&count_private=true&include_all_commits=true" /> </p>

It's now embedded in your GitHub Profile! You can still changethe settings. Refer to the detailshere.

The breakdown of the components:

  const COMMITS_OFFSET = 1.65;  const CONTRIBS_OFFSET = 1.65;  const ISSUES_OFFSET = 1;  const STARS_OFFSET = 0.75;  const PRS_OFFSET = 0.5;  const FOLLOWERS_OFFSET = 0.45;  const REPO_OFFSET = 1;

this is directly from the code of the app itself, soyou want to focus oncommits andcontrib.

This is not to cheat an app or to fake something.Much more, this should not be interpreted as spam.

But remember, the stats of GitHub can be misleadingeven if a software developer is good enough.

If you only use GitHub to code and code, youwould not have a good standing. GitHubencourages non-code use, always remember that.It's just like it can be used as Google Docs.That's the point.

If you really feel that you deserve that rank,then go for it.

Make sure that you turn onprivate commits in the API, as wasinstructed above, so that you can simplycreate a diary, for example. It will generatea lot of commits.

Another option is to simply create a tutorial website,even if it is not tech-related. Don't you knowthat the markdown is really for blogging back then?(Don't get me wrong, blogging is still relevant today.)It simplifies everything, even a tutorial website.Markdown is the default markup language of GitHub,particularly for the README file.

Or, if you are a writer writing stories, do that inGitHub. Others were already using GitHub forlaws articles, to-do lists, music compositions,itineraries etc.

You can checkthisout if you are not familiarwith GitHub Pages.

TheContributed To component as part of thecomputation is actually your repos andrepos of others when you create pull requests, evenif they were not merged. But of course, you can't createspam. So, in order to achieve this, you want to focuson a pull request. It's not always about submittingproposed changes in a code base,even simply changing something at theREADME file of others will do. What I did wasa pull request to add a Page View in a README file.If you click the README file of others, then clickthe edit button, it will automatically create a fork.Then, edit the file and create a pull request.

You can generate more stars by forking several reposand leaving a star to each fork.

Take note, this is not the stars in GitHub when youleave a star to an external repo. This is the starthat you received from your forked repos and originalrepos, your star to your own repoor forked repo is counted also.So, say, you fork 1k repos and you have starred themby yourself, you will still have 1k stars andit's part of the computation.

My suggestion is that you fork those small andmedium-sized projects. For one, it willbenefit them, they need support. And the chances are highif you want to change something even in the READMEthat it will be accepted.

You don't need to be famous to have followers.All you need is the initiative to follow others too.It's just like building a linkedin network.

The simple rule is trying to reach out: follow othersthat will follow you back and for those who followedyou, follow them back. The chances are high ifyou follow those who are willing to follow others too.My example is myself, Iam not even a famous, but I already have morethan 1k followers.And even though the weight is just .45,you still need an audience for your projects.That's really a good reason to pursue this.

When I started doing these things, I was shockedwhen I visited my Google Analytics for my site.The web traffic was good.